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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (205891)	11/30/2001 12:48:06 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Gee....I was just going to....and here it is AGAIN! And the Bush order could easily be extended to citizens, under the administration's legal theory. Since the Sixth Amendment makes no distinction between citizens and aliens, the claim of war exigency could sweep its protections aside for anyone in this country who might fit the vague definitions of aiding terrorism. But George W. Bush would never let his order be abused, one of its defenders said the other day. It was a profoundly un-American comment. From the beginning,Americans have refused to rely on the graciousness of our leaders. We rely on legal rules. That is what John Adams meant when he said we have "a government of laws, and not of men." The Framers of our Constitution thought its great protection against tyranny was the separation of the federal government's powers into three departments: executive,legislative, judicial. Each, they reasoned, would check abuse by the others. There is the greatest danger of the Bush order. It was an act of executive fiat, imposed without even consulting Congress. And it seeks to exclude the courts entirely from a process that may fundamentally affect life and liberty. Back to Salem for the clowns in here.... CC

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (205891)	11/30/2001 12:55:22 PM
From: DOUG H	Respond to of 769667

the Bush order could easily be extended to citizens, That is ONLY the opinion of the Bush-hating writer. Did this Bush-hating writer have any problems with the clinton administration using the IRS to target political opponents?????????????????????? NO, ofcourse not, the fact of the matter is you don't give a crap about citizens as much as you care about hating Republicans.

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (205891)	11/30/2001 2:41:12 PM
From: rich4eagle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Karen, I think that your concerns are well founded as amplified somewhat by Chris and I find this the most forthright attack on the principle of checks and balances and distribution of power that our forefathers so wisely set up. The end result is that we are less free than we were a few months ago headed further away from freedom. Hopefully, the Congress will recognize the danger and stop this trampling of the "fundamental" principle of America in short order. In any case "LET FREEDOM RING"